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The Bulletin Board System: it brought life online.
Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems," or BBSes. And their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and programs became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
This 3-DVD set contains many stories of the BBS, including:
- The first BBSes and their unique look on the world
- The experience of being a System Operator (SysOp)
- The incredible triumphs and politics of Fidonet
- Underground and Hacking BBSes
- ANSI Artists and the Art Scene
- The BBS Industry of the 1990's
- The rise of the Internet and the Internet BBS
... and much more
Director Jason Scott spent three years traveling throughout the country documenting stories of the people and events that made the BBS what it was. The resulting 250 hours of footage were edited down into multiple episodes, each dealing with one aspect of the BBS.
Ideal as either a teaching tool or a reminder of your own memories, the BBS Documentary Collection brings back this nearly-forgotten time in a way that will tell the story... one caller at a time.
Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems," or BBSes. And their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and programs became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
This 3-DVD set contains many stories of the BBS, including:
- The first BBSes and their unique look on the world
- The experience of being a System Operator (SysOp)
- The incredible triumphs and politics of Fidonet
- Underground and Hacking BBSes
- ANSI Artists and the Art Scene
- The BBS Industry of the 1990's
- The rise of the Internet and the Internet BBS
... and much more
Director Jason Scott spent three years traveling throughout the country documenting stories of the people and events that made the BBS what it was. The resulting 250 hours of footage were edited down into multiple episodes, each dealing with one aspect of the BBS.
Ideal as either a teaching tool or a reminder of your own memories, the BBS Documentary Collection brings back this nearly-forgotten time in a way that will tell the story... one caller at a time.
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Reviewer:
Sentar
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June 15, 2022
Subject: Just want the episodes? Go here
Subject: Just want the episodes? Go here
The individual episodes have been uploaded on archive.org here:
https://archive.org/details/BBS.The.Documentary
Go there if you want to just get the 8 episodes already converted to a video format most can play.
https://archive.org/details/BBS.The.Documentary
Go there if you want to just get the 8 episodes already converted to a video format most can play.
Reviewer:
Hawkfather
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April 29, 2022
Subject: Seemingly no way to open these .cdr files in Windows
Subject: Seemingly no way to open these .cdr files in Windows
The Mp4 bonus features work, but for windows users, the main documentary episodes exist only with a few minutes of director's commentary then silence. There is only one audio track, and it's silence.
The CDR files won't open with HFSExplorer and presumably only work on mac.
So if you're a windows user, you're out of luck. It's a shame, as a former SysOp i would have loved to have watched this.
The CDR files won't open with HFSExplorer and presumably only work on mac.
So if you're a windows user, you're out of luck. It's a shame, as a former SysOp i would have loved to have watched this.
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July 6, 2021
Subject: Tells it like it was...
Subject: Tells it like it was...
i grew up in the days of 300 Baud and remember literally being able to type way ahead of the text being displayed, waiting hours to download even the simplest of games. This documentary does a fine job of telling the story like it was and without glamourizing things or exagerating them. The best I can say is if you've ever experienced BBS's, Punter Protocol, Xmodem, Fidonet, Phreak Philez, and the original leet crowd, get this you wont be dissapointed.
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